Farm Girl Friday - Farm Girl Vintage " Hauling Day" Block Tutorial!!!

I want to show you something fun that 

we did for our 

Farm Girl Vintage Retreat 

last week.

This is my Farm Girl Tractor 

(without embroidery yet)

The pattern for the tractor block

 is on page 82 in my book

Farm Girl Vintage

We just celebrated 1 year of 

playing with my book!

I've had so much fun doing

 Farm Girl Fridays and Farm Girl Retreat/Workshops:)

I designed the Cake block and

 did a tutorial here as well.

Click Here

 to bake a Farm Girl Layer Cake!

Today let's continue the celebration by making the tractor trailer! 

I used the same fabrics for my trailer that I used for the tractor:)

When I made my tractor...

 I made 3 small tire units instead of one - 

 so that I had two extra to use for the trailer.

Background for Trailer: 

(after tire units)

A- Cut 1- 6 1/2" square

B- Cut 1 - 5 1/2" x 7 1/2"

C- Cut 1 - 4 1/2" x 10 1/2"

D- Cut 1 - 3 1/2" x 22 1/2"

E- Cut 1 - 3 1/2" x 6 1/2"

F- Cut 4 - 1 1/2" x 6 1/2"

G- Cut 1 - 1 1/2" x 2 1/2"

Then I cut a 1 1/2" x 22 1/2" 

for trailer bed

 and

I cut a 1 1/2" x 6 1/2" 

for trailer hitch.

*NOTE - If you are making the quilt with 3 tractors 

you will need about 3 1/2 yards of background fabric.

My background is 

Riley Blake Swiss Dots in Red:)

First step is to sew the "G" background 

piece to the hitch like this:)

Now assemble the bottom section of the trailer like this:)

You will need to make 3 different Farm Girl Blocks

 from the book to fit onto your trailer.

Make them in the 6" size! 

There are so many 

Farm Girl blocks to choose from

 when deciding what your 

tractors will be hauling...

but I thought it would be fun for this tutorial 

to whip up 3 Haystack Blocks

 from page 38 in the book...

So that this tractor would be 

"Hauling Hay"!!!

Something we did every season

 on our small farm:)

After making three 

6" Farm Girl blocks of your choice...

sew the top section of the 

trailer block together like this.

Add piece "C":)

Sew the top to the bottom...

and hitch your trailer to your tractor and

 get ready to haul some cute farm girl stuff!

Here are a few of the 

super cute tractors 

made at our retreat...

A Happy Farm Girl...

 and another tractor and...

 6" blocks getting ready to be hauled!

Looky at this quilt!

Super cute Farm Girl 

 hauling happening here:)

This is my friend Judy's quilt that 

she made from 3 Hauling Day Blocks:)

YaY!!!

I hope you enjoyed my super easy new Farm Girl Friday tutorial and that it's inspired you to make your own Hauling Day quilt:) 

I can't wait to see what your Farm Girl Tractors are hauling on my 

Instagram feed:)

Play along and use the hashtag

#HaulingDay

xx

Lori

P.S. We also made some mash-up blocks from last years Farm Girl Fridays!

The top one is my 

6" Patchwork Pumpkin 

block mashed up with the 

heart from my

 6" Baby Chick block:)

The bottom photo is my 

12" Patchwork Pumpkin 

mashed up with my

 6" Simple Star block:)

All patterns are in my 

Farm Girl Vintage 

book of course!

Cozy Christmas Sew Along - Week Five - Block Five!!

Well here we are on week five.

YaY! 

Time flies when you're having fun!

Are you ready for block five?

CLICK HERE 

to download the free pattern:)

CLICK HERE 

for the 

Cozy Christmas 

Sew Simple Shapes

And grab your 

Cozy Christmas fabric!

And let's build a snowman!

#CozySnowmanBlock

Here are my 

fabric picks for this week.

Cut all of your pieces 

according the cutting guide.

CLICK HERE 

to download

Cut your 7" background square. 

Cut a 1" wide strip and 

prepare it for the scarf:)

Trace your pieces onto the interfacing.

You may choose to trace your B-13 piece

 with one in reverse like I did for this block...

Or trace them both the same

 like I did for my snowman pillow.

It works both ways!

After sewing...

clip the inside curves 

on the scarf ties like this...

And the cleavage on

 the top of the heart.

Turn...shape...and press!

I show all of these steps in the 

Week One Video

Place the bottom of the snowman 3/4" up from the bottom edge.

Trace your snowman face 

BEFORE

 you place it 1 1/4" down

 from the top edge.

The heart goes in the bottom center oval.

Press the left edge of the scarf under 1/4" and place like this.

You can trim just trim off the other end 

without pressing under

 because the scarf ties will cover it...

Like this:)

Now he's ready for appliqué!

I used all six strands of my

 Aurifloss 

I used a backstitch to embroider the arm, earmuff and carrot nose.

I used a crosstitch for each of his eyes.

I used two of my 

Cute Little Buttons 

for his cute little earmuffs:)

I trimmed up my block to 6 1/2" square and

 made my flying geese and half square triangles.

I used the white sparkle print

 border for this block:)

Meet your new Cozy Snowman!

He almost makes me ready for snow.

I said almost.

Not yet!

I love seeing your blocks on my 

Instagram 

Keep them coming...

 you are doing great!

xx

Lori

Cozy Christmas Sew Along - Week Four - Block Four!!

Welcome to week four of our 

Cozy Christmas Sew Along

We have finished the 

blocks for the first row...

and now to start the second row:)

If you haven't started yet...

no worries...It's never too late!

Click Here

to download the 

free pattern for the quilt.

Click Here 

to get the 

Cozy Christmas 

Sew Simple Shapes

We are using my

Cozy Christmas 

Fabric Collection 

for this sew along

Visit your favorite quilt shop or 

search online for the 

Cozy Christmas Quilt Kit

This is our block for this week

#CozyWreathBlock

These are my fabric choices 

for the appliqués.

If you haven't done so...

Click Here 

to download the cutting guide

And cut all of your 

interfacing and fabric pieces 

according to the guide.

Don't forget to cut your 

background 7" x 7" square.

Also cut a 1" wide strip... 

And prepare the bias tape 

for the center knot on the bow:)

Trace your shapes onto the interfacing.

Remember to trace one of the

 B-13 shapes in reverse 

just like I showed you 

in the week one video.

Stitch onto your tracing lines and trim.

***NOTE***

If you would like to see the video again 

or any of the tutorials for the first three blocks...

I have added a link to each post right here

 on my blog on the right sidebar. 

Just scroll down until you see the week

 that you want to view and click on it.

You will need to be viewing the 

full web version

 of my blog to see the icons on the right.

Make one clip in each "cleavage area" on the wreath shape. 

After trimming your B-13 pieces 

you will need to clip the 

INSIDE CURVE section only.

Clip right to the stitches

 but not into the stitches.

Because of this stitching...

your appliqué piece will lie flat 

after turning it right side out...

Like this!

Lay the wreath out onto your

 background square and position it

 3/4" down from the top.

Now place the circle in the center.

I like to use the markings on my template 

to help with the centering:)

Place the bow ties so that they are 3/4"up from the bottom edge.

Press your bias tape under on the

 2 remaining raw edges like this.

This will be the last piece that you appliqué:)

After appliqueing the wreath

 and the center circle... 

I removed the bow pieces 

so that I could do the ties first...

And then finished up the bow:)

I trimmed up my block to 6 1/2" square and 

I sewed the little bells borders on.

Time for the

Cute Little Buttons!

***You may choose to do this part

 after your quilt is quilted***

I laid out my buttons and

 took a photo on my iPhone 

so that I wouldn't forget

 what color went where.

I used 6 strands of matching 

Aurifloss 

to sew each button on.

I added the flying geese and

 half square triangles on...

and my cozy wreath is decorated!

YaY!

I love this little wreath:)

#CozyWreathBlock

Next week...

 we will build a snowman!

xx

Lori